ML20080T442

Nonproprietary W E-Series F* Qualification Rept

ML20080T442
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Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	02/28/1995
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ML19311B755	List: ML20080T427 ML20080T442 ST-HL-AE-5026, Application for Amend to License NPF-76,revising TS 3.4.5 to Modify SG Tube Plugging Criteria.Nonproprietary & Proprietary Version of W E-Series F* Qualification Rept Encl.Proprietary Version of Rept Withheld
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1.0 INTRODUCTION

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1.1 Rackaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 l 1.2' Scoce of ReDort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 i

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APPENDIX A - DERIVATION OF F* CRITERIA. EQUATION . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1.1 - E E-SERIES TUBESHEET ROLL EXPANSION PROFILE . . . . . 1-3 FIGURE 3.3.1 - H E-SERIES RSG GENERAL ARRANGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 FIGURE 5.2.1 - MOCKUP BLOCK LAYOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 FIGURE 5.3.2.1 - SAMPLE BOBBIN PLOT SHOWING SELECTION POINTS . . . . 5-17 FIGURE 5.3.2.2 - SAMPLE MRPC PLOT SHOWING SELECTION POINTS . . . . . 5-20 LIST OF TABLES I

TABLE 3.3.1 - H E-SERIES DESIGN AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS . . . . . 3-3 TABLE 3.3.2 - F* QUALIFICATION TEST CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 TABLE 3.3.3 - F* EXCLUSION ZONE FOR WAVY TUBESHEET BORES . . . . . . . 3-5 W TABLE 5.1.1 - RADIAL STRESS AND AXIAL LOADING

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1 1.1 Backaround Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking (PWSCC) has been found I during routine inspections of the tubesheet roll transitions in U-tube steam generators [7.9). -Without an alternate plugging criteria, such as F*, it is necessary to remove the tube from I service when the indication exceeds 40% of the tube wall thickness. However, in some instances these defects occur in areas significantly below the tube expansion transition at the secondary face of the tubesheet. Since the tubesheet provides structural support for the tube in this area, plugging these tubes i is overly conservative. The F* plugging criteria discussed in this report was established as a means to justify leaving tubes in I service which have PWSCC type indications within the rolled region of the tubesheet.

Westinghouse (H) E-Series recirculating steam generators (RSGs)

I' were constructed with 0.749" OD x 0.043" wall mill annealed (MA) alloy 600 tubing. During installation, the tubing was roll '

expanded into the tubesheet with a tack roll and then seal welded I at the primary face of the tubesheet. Step rolls were then performed to close the crevice between the tube and the tubesheet to minimize the possibility of secondary side crevice corrosion.

Occasionally, roll expanders were stepped in such a manner that I skip roll areas were created (Figure 1.1).

These skip roll areas and roll transitions contain high residual tensile stresses which accelerate the initiation of PWSCC. If I this PWSCC occurs within the tubesheet region, then there is a length of tubing roll expanded into the tubesheet above the defect g location. This rolled length of tubing above the defect provides g structural support for the tube and limits primary to secondary leakage, and is thus the basis for the F* criteria. Thus the F*

criteria is the minimum length of undegraded expanded tube within I the tubesheet balow which, a tube defect can exist and remain in service. Thb 7 length must be shown to:

I o Exhibit a joint strength sufficient to carry normal operating and faulted loads with an acceptable margin of safety.

o I Demonstrate a leak rate at the normal operating primary-to-secondary differential pressure which is acceptable for plant operation and within technical specification limits.

I The final F* criteria must be verified using standard steam generator eddy current inspection techniques (ECT). Thus any errors which are inherent with remote ECT measurements must also I be factored into the final F* values.

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The criteria shall be applicable to all tube locations within the i

steam generator except those that have " wavy" tubesheet bores.

The location of tubes that exhibit this condition are given in Table 3.3.3. Each tube shall be examined using ECT prior to applying F* criteria to ensure that " wavy" conditions do not exist in tubesheet bores where the F* criteria is to be applied.

1.2 ScoDe of Report This document summarizes the qualification of an alternate plugging criteria, F*, for application in H E-Series RSGs at South Texas Project Unit 1 (STP-1). This report contains summaries of -

the design requirements, design verification testing, analysis, ECT verification testing, and tubesheet corrosion evaluation performed to justify the use of F*.

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2.0 aU!PfARY The F* alternate plugging criteria has been qualified for use in g the H E-Series steam generators at South Texas Project Unit 1 (STP-1). The use of the F* criteria will allow tubes with otherwise pluggable ECT indications to remain in service as long as the indications are a minimum distance below an undegraded j expanded region within the tubesheet. This minimum length, referred to as F* distance, was determined to be [(d)] inches through a combination of analysis, mechanical testing, and r evaluation of ECT measurement accuracy.

An initial analysis was performed to determine the normal operating and faulted loads imposed on the tubes for STP-1. The NRC Regulatory Guide 1.121 safety factors of 3 for normal k operation and 1.43 for faulted conditions were also used in developing the loads [7.1] . In addition, the potential effects of r tubes becoming locked into the tube support plates were considered. Conservative loads were used for the final qualification testing.

l The joint strength and leakage of various lengths of the existing tube-to-tubesheet roll expansions were then tested under these conditions. Leak testing, load testing, pressure cycling, and ultimate pull testing were performed on a variety of samples to L conservatively bound the actual installed rolled joint and loading conditions within the H E-Series RSGs.

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L Eddy current testing was performed on a number of F* speciuens to determine measurement accuracy and repeatability. Both bobbin and MRPC were used in this testing. Based on the ECT test results, an additional length of [(d)] inches was added to the tested F* length to account for ECT uncertainty.

The effects of boric acid corrosion on the carbon steel tubesheet were examined as part of the qualification program. In the event that the defect in the tube went 100% through wall, a small region of the tubesheet could be exposed to primary side fluid. At worst, small amounts of localized tubesheet degradation, on the order of a few mils, could occur. Such shallow attack represents no structural concerns for the tubesheet or the F* joint.

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Furthermore, its use does not increase the risk of an unanalyzed accident nor does it reduce the margin of safety.

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3.2 Functional Reauirements l

4 The F* design criteria, which is based on the original tube roll, shall provide a mechanical leak '.imiting seal between the tube and fL tubesheet above the degraded location. It shall be assumed that the tube severs circumferentially for 360* and that the remaining joint carries all anticipated loading conditions, including the margins of safety described above. In addition, primary to

' secondary leakage cannot exceed the station Technical Specification limits.

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The design and operating conditions for the STP-1 steam generators

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qualification tests were conducted. Figure 3.3.1 illustrates the key steam generator geometry and material constraints for

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A significant requirement added to the F* design criteria is the assumption that the tube is not free to move through the first tube support plate (TSP). This "Itcked tube" condition imparts axial loads on the tube, resulting in a conservative design. The

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limited, such that as the rolled tube joint slips, the applied load is reduced. [

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-strength for a degraded tube in which the defect propagated into a full 360 degree circumferential sever.at the F* distance [7.4].

This analysis utilized the normal operating and-faulted condition loadings as.well as Reg. Guide. l.121 and ASME Code safety factors..

Tubesheet bow, pressure effects, thermal effects,' seismic and flow p=' , loading effects . were considered relative to' . their impact on.

reducing the holding power of the - rolled tube-to-tubesheet.

' interface.- A secondary loadirtg condition for locked tubes .was also considered.

iRoom temperature mechanical testing was performed on' qualification '

mockups:to the loadings descrited above at various . F* lengths.

I~ Primary.to secondary leakage of the various F* lengths was also L determined. Finally, the - qualification tubes were pulled to failure to determine the structural adequacy of the rolled tube -

( to-tubesheet joint over the F* length.

4.2 Establishina F* Criteria

- An analytical technique was developed to determine the required F*

length for the actual steam generator tubes based on the measured joint strength determined by room temperature mechanical testing

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The F* length is determined by ratios that correct- for the differences between the mechanical test conditions of the mockups and the actual steam generator conditions. The equation used to calculate the required F* length is:

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(d) 3 The above equation . establishes the minimum F* length for structural adequacy to resist imposed axial loads. In addition,.

the minimum F* length must limit primary to secondary leakage'to within allowable limits. The. leak rates for the F* length were determined through testing mockups representative of the steam generator.

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- The qualification' analyses and testing program for the F* criteria

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y U 'o' Establish: tube Tioads based' on' ' operating- and' faulted iconditionstforl evaluating F* lengths.'

h o Perform mechanical tests necessary to verify the.F* criteria s

as a. structurally sound, leak limiting joint which meets Reg.

Guide 1.121 margins of safety.

o Analytically; adjust mechanical test' . condition . results for actua1. steam generator conditions.

(- o' - Perform ECT-verification.testin'g to determine the accuracy.

associated with length . measurements for final ~F* ' criteria.

determination.

1 The analytical approach used to determine tube loads'was discussed in Section 4.1 and is detailed below in Section 5.1.

L' Mechanical testing was performed:on mockups designed to represent:

the range of. conditions. existing in the steam. generators. The tubes in these ~ mockups had full 360* severs at the F* length being .

tested. Testing included-pressure cycling, thermaleevaluation, locked tube load tests, ultimate joint strength tests, and leak tests.- These tests are described in.Section 5.2 below.

The.- F* length to satisfy structural requirements was calculated using the equation in Section 4.2 and the mechanical test results.

These-results were adjusted for the operating conditions. analyzed.

in Section 5.1.

The ECT measurement accuracy testing was performed using multiple probe types in multiple mockups. .A statistical evaluation of the

' results was performed to establish the final F* correction factor for measurement accuracy.

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. Analyses were ' performed to determine axial tube loads- for operating and faulted conditions for use in the mechanical testing described in Section 5.2.- The combined radial stresses imposed on .

the installed tube-to-tubesheet joint determine the axial strength of the joint and thus determine the required tube engagement' length ~ (F*) . The following parameters were included -in the-analyses:

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The axial load that the joint must resist varies depending on the design condition being evaluated. Thus multiple cases were analyzed, and the testing was performed to encompass the worst case. '

The calculations (radial stress and axial load) were performed for four different cases and are summarized in Table 5.1.1:

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• The radial preload stresses were determined by testing mockups with tubing installed in the same manner as the steam generators at STP-1. After tube installation, the tubesheet -

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measured. By comparing the measured tube OD with the tubesheet bore, the tube springback was determined. (

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(7.5). The radial stress equivalent to this springback was then calculated (7.4) and is presented in Table 5.1.1. ,

The differential thermal growth between th'e tube and ,

tubesheet increases the tube OD radial stress and thus serves '

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5.1.2' . Axial Loading.

The axial' loads imposed on the~ tubes for: the four cases are summarized'in Table 5.1.1 [7.'4). The normal operating load is determined by the;and force applied.to a tube from three times normal operating differential pressure.. :The faulted load was derived by applying a safety factor of 1.43'to the force generated during faulted conditions. The derivation of the locked. tube loading is discussed in,section,5.1.3.

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Normal operation, faulted, and locked tube conditions were tested.

5.2.1 Specimen Description l

The F* qualification specimens consisted of mockup blocks I fabricated from material with the same material properties as the H E-Series tubesheet material. The blocks, which had a 4x4 square pitch array, were 4 inches thick. [

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5.2.2 Leak Tests The leak rate was determined by maintaining the test assembly l at test pressure with a calibrated pressure generator, and 5 measuring the volume of makeup water injected to maintain the test pressure over the test interval. The leak rate of the rolled tubesheet joints was determined at room temperature.

The tests where conducted at pressures of ( (d) ),-which conservatively bounds the normal operating differential pressure [ (d) ), and at [ (d) ), the maximum faulted differential pressure. The leak test at [ (d) ) was repeated after specimens were subjected to [(d)) pressure cycles- (section 5.2.3) shutdown transients.

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The acceptance criteria for leakage was based on the technical specification limit of 1-GPM. This limit was-divided by the number of tube ends to be evaluated against the F* plugging criteria. With 4 steam generators, 4864 tubes per steam generator, and two tube ends per tube, the technical specification allowed leakage of 1 GPM equates to an averace leak rate of 0.356 in /hr for each tube end at operating conditions. For conservatism, the maximum allowed 3

leak rate during the qualification testing was set at [

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The technical specification leakage limit is based on the maximum allowed primary to secondary leakage for continued plant operation. Thus the leakage limit only applies to normal operating differential pressure. The test specimens were also leak tested at faulted differential pressure to ensure that excessive primary to secondary leakage would not occur in the event of a faulted transient.

The results of the leak tests are summarized in Table 5.2.2.

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loadings and to pressure and axial load cycling. Finally the joints were pulled to ultimate load. Table 5.2.3 provides a summary of the specimens, the tests performed, and the results. [

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means that as the joint moves, the applied load reduces I linearly with the movement. Thus during testing, the applied load was reduced when joint movement was detected to simulate locked tube loading in the steam generator.

The third test was load cycling to simulate normal plant transiants. Normal startup . and shutdown transients were ,

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indicate that the joint had little or no structural integrity  !

and could eventually lose much of its leak tightness. The j movement criteria does not apply to locked tube loading since ,

this is a secondary load and is displacement limited.  !

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. The F* lengths tested were measured in a'-laboratory environment with precise equipment. Applying the F* criteria in the steam-generator will be based on a length-measured by ECT. Any errors associated with ECT measurement of the F* rolled tube length beyond an ECT indication must be included in the final F*

l criteria. Thus, testing was performed to determine the accuracy of ECT measurement techniques.

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The ECT data was then analyzed to determine the F* length of each specimen. Physical measurements of the same lengths ,

were taken for comparison using calibrated digital calipers.

Figures 5.3.2.1 and 5.3.2.2 provide sample plots showing where the key points were selected for the ECT measurement of the F* length.

5.3.3 Results Four test blocks with four F* tubes per block were pulled 3 times each with bobbin and MRPC probes and the ECT measurements for each specimen . were averaged [7.6]. The differences between the ECT F* lengths from the various ECT techniques and the actual measured F* lengths are summarized in Table 5.3.3.

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The effects of boric acid corrosion on the carbon steel tubesheet were examined as part of the F* qualification program. In the event that the defect in the tube went 100% through wall, the tubesheet bore would be exposed to primary side fluid. At low temperatures with aerated boric acid solutions, some corrosion may be expected. l

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These two factors make boric acid attack on the tubesheet an unlikely scenario.

Some RSGs utilize small concentrations of boric acid in the secondary water chemistry to help mitigate caustic' IGA in the crevices. Thus, all of the carbon steel surfaces on the secondary side become exposed to some level of boric acid.

( For the reasons discussed above, there is a very low probability L of any significant corrosion of the tubesheet bore associated with boric acid corrosion. [

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the following conclusions are provided:

k o A total F* lengtn of ((d) J inches is structurally adequate to satisfy all of the requirements for normal operating F conditions with a safety factor of 3 ,- faulted loading conditions with a safety factor of 1.43, and locked tube loading conditions for STP ' Unit 1 H E-Series steam generators. The F* criteria will not be applied to tube locations that exhibit the " waviness" condition as described in Section 1.1 and listed in Table 3.3.34 r o The primary to secondary leakage expected from applying the U. F* plugging criteria to all tube ' ends in all four steam generators will be substantially less than the technical specification limit. The expected primary to secondary 7

u leakage during faulted conditions will also be substantially less than the technical specification limit for normal 4 operation.

' o Considerable conservatism exists in the derivation of the F*

criteria. Specifically, r

1) The joint strength was conservatively determined for use in developing the F* criteria.

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L o The application of the F* plugging criteria at South Texas Project Unit 1 does not raise any concerns over' boric acid

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7.0 REFERENCES

7.1 NRC Regulatory Guide 1.121, " Bases for Plugging Degraded PWR Steam i Generator Tubes".

7.2 "ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code",Section III, Subsection NB

I and Division I Appendices, 1989 Edition.

7.3 BWNT Document 51-1233798-03, " Technical Requirements for STP-1 F*

Qualification".

7.4 BWNT Document 32-1233826-00, "F* Calc for Westinghouse E-Series RSGs".

7.5 BWNT Document 51-1228675-02, " Summary of Springback Test Results for E D-Series RSG's".

7.6 BWNT Document 51-1228688-01, " Summary of ECT Verification Testing for H D-Series

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F*".

7.7 BWNT Document 51-1206178, " Boric Acid Corrosion of Oconee 1 Upper Tubesheet".

7.8 BWNT Document 02-1189609, " Bobbin Coil Probe Speed / Data Sampling Rate Test".

I 7.9 EPRI Report NP-6864-L, COMMITTEE FOR ALTERNATE REPAIR LIMITS FOR EZ PWSCC, Rev.1.

7.10 BWNT Document 51-1227909-01, " Test Plan for F* Qualification".

7.11 BWNT Document 51-12233809-00, " Justification for Using H D4-Series Test Data for STP-1 F*". I I -

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APPENDIX A

{ DERIVATION OF F* CRITERIA EQUATION Because all the F* qualification testing was done at room temperature, r the results of the testing had to be equated to actual steam generator L (SG) temperature and pressure conditions (see Section 4.2). The equation was derived (based on standard stress equations) to relate the resul'.s of room temperature testing to the SG operating conditions.

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